Jose Mourinho lightens up as Chelsea back on track

Jose Mourinho clearly feels Chelsea are at the end of a crisis because, at the conclusion of his press conference yesterday, he stood there willing to engage in a bit of fun about who should replace Gary Neville as Sky pundit.

“A good question. The Blues are the worst men [for this]. Not easy, huh... Dennis Wise!”

It was a very different Mourinho to the man under so much pressure a month ago that, when asked a similarly light-hearted question, tersely responded: “You don’t get any more from me funny headlines.”